Sittenfeld to re-imagine Austen for HarperFiction

American author Curtis Sittenfeld has been announced as the latest author to re-create a Jane... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Red Clocks' imagines a dystopia that feels eerily close to home

How many of us made it through the chaotic past year without occasionally wishing to wake up in an alternative universe? Novelists have the tools to rearrange our reality, testing the limits of things we take for granted — politics, technology, gender, nature — and twisting them into new shapes.... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wisdom leads White and Child to HarperFiction

HarperFiction crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom has signed The Nowhere Child by Australian author Christian White. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ono's Imagine history for T&H

Yoko Ono will share the story of the making of John Lennon’s album "Imagine" in a "landmark publication" with Thames & Hudson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dilly Court signs six more books with HarperFiction

HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New £10 Jane Austen note hits the streets

The new £10 note featuring novelist Jane Austen has entered circulation replacing that featuring Charles Darwin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Hardworking' Harrington signs deal with HarperFiction

Irish multiple award-wining writer Carmel Harrington has signed a new two-book deal with HarperFiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sonny Mehta Calls Book World Without Judith Jones 'Impossible to Imagine'

The chairman and editor-in-chief of Knopf remembers Jones, the storied editor who reclaimed Anne Frank's diaries from the slush pile and made Julia Child a household name. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Intimate' Austen letters set for September release

The Bodleian Library's publishing arm is set to release a collection of Jane Austen's letters which will provide "intimate glimpses" into her life after moving to Bath, aged 25. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade celebrates release of Jane Austen £10 note

The trade is celebrating all things Jane Austen this week, as the Bank of England's new Austen £10 note makes its debut in honour of the author's 200th anniversary.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors' unique responses to Austen auctioned by RSL

Authors and artists including Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel and Quentin Blake have created one-off, hand-written responses to Jane Austen to be auctioned in aid of the Royal Society of Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Historical novel re-imagining The Battle of Waterloo to HoZ

Head of Zeus is to publish False Lights, a "brilliant new historical novel" from K J Whittaker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Dylan 'never imagined' winning Nobel Prize for Literature

Bob Dylan has said that it is “truly beyond words” to have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandstone to publish 'fresh take' on Jane Austen

Sandstone Press will publish Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility by Marian Veevers, linking to the bicentenary of Austen’s death in July 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helena Kelly | 'Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong'

Think you know everything about Jane Austen? Helena Kelly invites you to think again about one of the nation’s favourite authors in Jane Austen, The Secret Radical.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Christians’ Nostalgia for An Imagined Past Worsens Divisions: David Gushee

The widespread anxiety bubbling up along economic, cultural, and political lines, especially among white Christians, led Christian ethicist Gushee to write his latest book, 'A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends: From Fear to Faith in Unsettled Times.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Vet Weise Brings Charlesbridge's Imagine Imprint Into Focus

After 20 years in publishing, Don Weise is working with Charlesbridge to rebrand and reimagine its adult imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Imagination Award Winners Revealed at IMAG Conference

MPA recognizes the year's best work by "independent" magazine media brands at the inaugural event in San Francisco. The post Imagination Award Winners Revealed at IMAG Conference appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MPA Announces Finalists for Inaugural “Imagination Awards”

Winners of the new awards honoring the best in independent magazine media to be revealed at the IMAG Annual Conference in San Francisco, May 11-13. The post MPA Announces Finalists for Inaugural “Imagination Awards” appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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How Jane Austen Helped Inspire Elena Ferrante’s Disappearing Act

Elena Ferrante—the mysterious Italian writer whose Neapolitan novels have captivated the literary world with their portrait of a lifelong female friendship—has been asked many times why she keeps her identity private. She has responded with many variations on the answer that she gave Vanity Fair... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FutureBook shortlists focus on imaginative publishing

Eight book tech companies, 15 digital books, 10 marketing/publicity campaigns, seven platforms and 15 individuals from within the book business will go head to head for the coveted FutureBook Awards. The shortlists display excellence and innovation with the winners announced at the FutureBook... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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